Improvement in washing-machines



.IQ H. MIHJGETT.

' Washing-Machine.

No.l66.74.

v Patented Aug. 17,1875.

WiJtnesses nvenlfor' N4 PETERS. PHGTILIJTNOGHAPNER. WASHINGTON. DA C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH H. MUDGETT, 0F CAMANCHE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,714, dated August 17, 1875; application filed July 17, 1875. l

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. MUDGETT, of Uamanche, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation with front side ofthe tub broken oi'. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line w x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective B the central corrugated roller, having itsl bearings in standards B. C represents the small rollers, provided with the adjustable bearings b, which are connected with each other by pivoted or loose rivet-joints, and the lower ends of the lower bearings are provided with holes or eyes c, to receive the upper ends of the coiled springs D,the lower ends of which are attached to the cross-bar G. In the stand. ards B are vertical grooves d, into which extend the pins d', attached to the middle bear- -rubbing the clothes back and forth between roller B and rollers C, the springs 'holding the small rollers upon the corrugated roller with sufficient force, and allowing them to adjust themselves to the different thicknesses of the clothes.

What I claim as new in a washing-machine 1s- In combination with the central roller B and small rollers C and springs D, the adjustable bearings b, each constructed in a separate part, and all connected together by loose joints, as described, to render each one of the small rollers separately adjustable, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. H. MUDGETT.

Witnesses WM. W. SANBORN, CHAsfW. CHASE. 

